Protecting cashmere and other clothes from moths

[MoriaRoseForever]

What is the best products for keeping moths away from clothes? We have jumpers in drawers and clothes hanging on open rails rather than a wardrobe and I think we have had some moths .

Also just bought some cashmere and not sure how to protect it . Lots of different advice online as to what products will protect without damaging.

Any advice gratefully received.

I use deterrent spray and moth repellent hangers in the wardrobes and drawers.
When I put the cashmere away for summer I put it in airtight bags, adding moth repellent strips.
I’m paranoid about moths after DS brought a moth riddled jacket back from Uni and hung it in his wardrobe!

The sprays are good. I’ve lived in a house with moths in the carpets (rented 😓) and managed to avoid any damage to clothes by spraying them every three months and having a quick check over them. Also putting lavender or cedar wood in drawers, wardrobes etc. Worth just checking through everything regularly - moths make the worst damage when they’re left for ages - we found them chewing through the carpet under a piece of furniture that hadn’t been moved.

You can buy cedar rings that go over the hook of a coat hangar. I bought loads and also tucked some into drawers just to give them no resting place amongst my clothes!

eek, don't blame you !!

Any products you recommend ?

Thanks

We have wooden floors, yet i'm sure some clothes have holes from moths. Although its cotton and viscose clothes, not wool.

What spray would you recommend ?

Thanks

Anyone used special cashmere storage bags ?

We’ve had real problems with moths ( and the gits have destroyed lots of jumpers ):
I bought carpet moth powder ( as they’ve eaten the wool carpet too ) and some little card moth deterrent strips

The remaining cashmere jumpers are in airtight plastic pouches with the cards in , the drawers have been hoovered , washed down with lavender zoflora 😀and cedar balls in each corner

Wilkos have a good selection of moth powder , spray etc

I think the moth / carpet beetle powder is Rentokil and the spray is the same make

If I just have wood floors, should moths be a problem ?

I've found this spray very effective. Protect yourself with a mask though, and close the door to let it settle. They have to say not to use it on fabrics but I've never had any problem, even on delicate things, and there's no smell I notice after it's dried. The moths seem to keep away for years on things I've sprayed.
www.amazon.co.uk/Transparent-Treatment-Clothing-Household-Protects/dp/B00B2KP7U0

By the way, you probably can't entirely escape moths even if family members are careful not to bring them in. I believe they are very common these days and can come in from outside.

I keep jumpers and other clothing, scarves, hats etc folded in ziplock bags with one or two moth repellent sachets thrown in. I keep wool coats hanging in wardrobe and put sachets in the pocket of every few items.

Ziplock bags, once a year everything goes in the freezer for a couple of days.

I keep them in plastic freezer bags. I find that so long as things are getting regularly used they are ok, but anything left crumpled at the back of a wardrobe for some time gets eaten. I hate moths.

So we bought a potential rental house and then founds that it was infested with moths - only carpet in the house was on the stairs - we covered it with Rentokill moth powder, we spray every weekend with the spray recommended by @grownup2on our 4th Month we lifted the floor boards and sprayed 4 times and they still come back. We’ve set parasitic wasps on them - we have traps to attract the males and to monitor the infestation. Hoovered frequently

One thing I know e is that they hate vinegar - make a solution half white vinegar and half water .a some lavender oil or cedar - they hate loads of oils - choose your fav.

The smell of the vinegar evaporates and at least it’s not toxic - spray your clothes every few weeks.

We have now laid down Diatomaceous Earth on the floor so it falls between the floor boards (they are insulated underneath in some rooms - non toxic but it dehydrates them. The deadly little caterpillars can live fit up to 2.5 years.

it’s a nightmare - they are so hard to get rid of/ pest control will guarantee for a month moth free but they live for over two years so it means nothing,

They can live under the floor boards, skirting boards they have enough dust to live on for years / and they do live for years. Also check your attic.

Wilko are a good source of repellents. Zero is a spray I sourced from Amazon.
Thanks for the info ‘Rightdressingdown.
We also own a house with Cedar cladding and have never seen a moth there, I’m going to get some Cedar balls.

Holes in cotton and viscose are unlikely to be months. The larvae eat keratin based material - wool, silk, leather.

They will eat anything to get to food and if they are hungry enough. They ate the coating off my pleather skirt!!!! They ate a significant layer off my lovely brushed cotton dressing gown!

That is what I did wonder. Perhaps wear and tear ! Just odd as had a newish viscose slip/nightie and it got a hole. Perhaps it got caught on something.
Have also got old t shirts , viscose, with holes.

But probably good to still protect cashmere .

Perhaps mine are very hungry !

I did see online a suggestion that cotton storage bags protect as they don't eat it.

www.johnlewis.com/acana-hanging-moth-killer-and-wardrobe-freshener-pack-of-6/p3597144?sku=237573309&s_ppc=2dx92700071666987481&tmad=c&tmcampid=2&gbraid=0AAAAAD2el1zXhLptB-zWy26JJkG2qA6RN&gbraid=0AAAAAD2el1zXhLptB-zWy26JJkG2qA6RN&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8Ny-pO__-QIVQ7DtCh3XbwTNEAQYASABEgLTaPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Hanging these in my wardrobe has completely protected my cashmere. I don’t like the single use plastic element but they do work.

I also use the Arcana spray.

I store all wool and cashmere sweaters and silk camisoles in ziplock freezer bags. Anything larger is kept in a plastic hanging bag (which is fastened with a zip) with hanging cedar balls between each garments. It’s very effective and although I have seen the odd moth, nothing has been nibbled.

I had moth problems in the past. In the last few years I have used the following together & have had no moth holes -
Don't leave unwashed jerseys hanging over a chair for weeks - they get washed after 2 weeks
After washing store in plastic bags (make sure they are ones without air holes)
Put a Rentokil moth killer paper in each bag - I replace once a year
A couple of Manchester Mothmen pyramid traps in the room - one on the chest of drawers, one in the wardrobe. I keep an eye on these - haven't caught a moth for a while - the first year I used these I caught plenty
Thorough hoover every week or more often

I have bought lots of small bags from this lovely uk company ... very reasonably priced and quick free delivery

www.lavender.co.uk/

Xterminate clothesmoth spray, those blue papers , cut them in half and tuck into drawers. Regularly put any jumpers into freezer bags and leave In the freezer at least two weeks.
They nested in the guest towels at the bottom of the airing cupboard over the lockdowns and they were dripping with maggots.. so gross. Traps are a good way of monitoring infestation levels but they won’t ever get rid of them. Ditto the scented oils and cedar products. We emptied and sprayed every cupboard and got rid of every rug in the house. Then they finally died out.
On my way out of the storage facility yesterday ( between houses), one floated down the corridor ahead of me.
I squashed it.
Now I’m panicking about my soft furnishings and contaminating my new house. Aaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!,